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Letters Patent Nb. 65,439, dated Jamo 4, 1807..

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Beit known that I, J. W. 'SIIIVELEL ofthe city, county, and Statevot' i\Te\v Yerk, have invented a new and improved Railroad Chair; and I do hereby declare that'the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereot', which will enahle others skilled in the art to malte and use the segue, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ol this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the chair, double cl1eek-hur, and rails, united, the ra'ls being slightly separated.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the two cheek-hars separated.

Figure 3, a perspective View of the chair.

Figured, a cross-sectional elevation of the chair, check-bur, and rail, united.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the cha-ir and cheek-hars when constructed of one piece.

Figure 6 is a plan ortop view of the same, partly in section.

Figure 7, a cross-sectional elevation; and

Figure 8, a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an improved manner of uniting, `joining, and supporting the ends of railroad rails, and represents an improvement over the railroad rail-joint, Letters Patent for which were granted to me on the 10th day of July, 1866. The invention consists y' K First. In such a construction ofthe rails and double cheek-liar, that the friction ofthe trains passing over the rails is transferred from the edge of the rail to a projection on thc chair or cheek-bar, whereby the ends of the rails are protected from the hammering and consequent,destruction hy the trains.

Second. l'n constructing the dou'hle cheek-har out ot' two pieces, to one of which is secured the central longitudinal har or ril), which corresponds te the openings in the ends of the rails. 'lhc two cheek-hars nre connected to each other hy means oi' tenons attached to the aforesaid rib, passing-'through mortiscs cut through the other cheek-har, and secured there hy keys or holts. This method admits ot' a ready removal of the rails and chair, when one of them should huvehecome unfit for Afurther use; hut, it is not quite as strong and compact as the one mentioned in my patent of July 10,1866, I propose to use one ot' the disconnected cheek-bars in about every twentieth chair.

Third. My invention consists in casting the chair,'cl1eel-l)a1's, and central rih in one single piece, thereby securing greater strength, simplicity, and cheapness, while the rails are connected and joined as readily and in the same manner as in the old method, where the cheek-har was cust independent 0l the chair, and was secured to it by keys or bolts. The rails are in the combined chair and cheek-har secured hy means ot' keys passing through recesses or notches in the cheek-pieces and rails through the chair into the tie, or simply into the hottom of the chair. rlhe recesses in the hase of tho rails are large enough to permit the expansion or contraction of the rails.

A A represent the adjoining 0r ahnt-ting ends of two rails, provided with angular tongues a a a e, and corresponding recesses I) b b Z1, forming a zigzag joint, as shown and described in my patent of July 10, 1806. The threading cd'gc c oi` the railsl is partly cut away, as seen in iigs. l, d, C, and 7. A ilange or lip, c, attached to the upper edge of the cheel har il, fills up the recess in the rail when joined together, thus forming a ilush and even continuation of the threading edge, and transferring thestrain and wear from the ends of the rails to the chair or cheek-har. 'lhe lip' or llangc c does not extend the whole length of the cheek-har, hut stops at about an inch from either cud,Y so ns to form a shoulder for the rail to rest against, as 4shown in fig. G. 'lhis lip c may he attached to the cheek-'hars when the lutter are independent et', as well as when they are cast together with the chair. The check-bars B and ll', when made in two pieces, are connected hy means of tenons (l and e, which are attached to the rib f on the har l, and pass through mortises d und c, cut through the har Il', as seen in tig. 2. The tenons projecting from the outside of the har B are perforated, to admit the keys y g, by which the two cheek-bars are held iirmly together. 'lhe cheekhars, when thus united, forni a double-cheek bar, the same as described in my Letters' Patent ot' July 10, 1806, and are secured to the chair C and te the rails in the manner therein described. When the cheelehars B and B, chair C, and ribf are cast in one piece, as seen in figs. 5, 6, and 7, -the necessity of keying the cheek-bars to the chairis overcome, besides seeurin a stronger `and cheaper chair. In all c ztses the rails A are secured to the chair by means of keys 'z passing through notches .7L and ha, respectively, in the outer .lsides of the cheek-bars, and in the outer sides et the buses of' the rails, into o1' through the bottoni of the chair. The notches in the base of. the mils are large enough to permit a contraction or expnnsion'of the mils. j

Having .thus described my invention, I claim as new, und desire to secure byIletters Patent- 1. The reeessesin the rail ends, in combination with :L cheek-bnr, which fits into seid recesses, substantially as and for the p'urposc herein shown and described. v v

2. I claim the combination of the longitudinal ribf, or its'equlvalen'with the cheek-bar, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown anddescribed. I i i l 3. Making the cheek-bars B lund BJ and central rib fone piece with the chair (1,'substnntially as and for the purpose herein set forth and described.

J. W. SHIVELEY.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MeNnMAnA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

